| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me. | 1For the choir director: according to "A Silent Dove Far Away." A Davidic Miktam. When the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me; he fights and oppresses me all day long. |
| 2Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. | 2My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me. |
| 3When I am afraid, I trust in you. | 3When I am afraid, I will trust in You. |
| 4In God--I boast in his promise--in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me? | 4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not fear. What can man do to me? |
| 5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise. | 5They twist my words all day long; all their thoughts against me are evil. |
| 6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life. | 6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps while they wait to take my life. |
| 7Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God! | 7Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath. |
| 8You keep track of my misery. Put my tears in your leather container! Are they not recorded in your scroll? | 8You Yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your records? |
| 9My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side. | 9Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call. This I know: God is for me. |
| 10In God--I boast in his promise--in the LORD--I boast in his promise-- | 10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, |
| 11in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me? | 11in God I trust; I will not fear. What can man do to me? |
| 12I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve, | 12I am obligated by vows to You, God; I will make my thank offerings to You. |
| 13when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life. | 13For You delivered me from death, even my feet from stumbling, to walk before God in the light of life. |
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